Philology

Faculty of Philology

General Information

The Faculty of Philology is the oldest University subdivision. Philological disciplines were included in the Moscow University curriculum even as far back as 1755 – the year of the University foundation. Rhetoric, Latin and Russian language were taught to the students of Rhetoric and Poetry Department at the Faculty of Philosophy. In 1756 the University opened its own Gymnasia, Library, Printing House and a book shop. In those years a number of outstanding philologists worked at the University. N.N.Popovskii, A.A.Barsov, P.A.Sokhatskii were among them. As early as 1768, lectures were delivered in Russian.

In 1804 the University opened the Faculty of Language Arts. Students of the Faculty studied according to the individual curriculum. The list of the courses was considerably extended to include History, Theory of Fine Arts, Greek, Latin, the study of languages and literature.

In 1835 the Faculty was transformed into the Department of History and Philology to make part of the Faculty of Philosophy, which in 1863 included the departments of Philosophy, Greek and Roman Linguistics, Comparative Grammar of Indo-European Languages, History of the Russian Language and Literature, History of World Literature, Slavic Philology, World History, History of Russia, History of Church, etc. Some of the students of that period later became famous writers and philosophers: D.I.Fonvizin, A.S.Gribojedov, P.Ya.Chaadajev, M.Ju.Lermontov, V.G.Belinskii, A.I.Gertsen, N.P.Ogarev, I.A.Goncharov.

The Faculty of Philology is a member of the All-European programme for partnership in university education – TEMPUS. The departments of English, Romance and Iberian Romance linguistics handle the project, which intend to promote the collaboration of educational establishments all around Europe by funding joint projects, providing scholarships for students, researchers and teachers. The project involves expanding the teaching resources base, updating the libraries, the acquisition of hi-tech equipment, including self-study facilities and computers.

Departments

Russian Linguistics

History of Russian Literature

History of XX Century Russian Literature

Russian Folk Poetry

History of Foreign Literature

Literary Criticism

Classical Philology

Slavonic Philology

English Linguistics

German Linguistics

French Linguistics

Germanic Linguistics

Romance Linguistics

Iberian Romance Linguistics

General and Comparative/Historical Linguistics

Linguistic Theory and Applied Linguistics

Russian Language for Foreign Students of Humanities

Russian Language for Foreign Students of Natural Sciences

Studies in Etymology

Laboratories and Centres

Phonetics and Oral Communication Laboratory

Russian Literature in Modern World

Theory and Practice of Translation Centre

Computer Centre including PC Laboratory and General and Computer Lexicology and Lexicography

Centre for Modern Informational Technologies for Humanities comprising Speech Laboratory

Bachelour and Master Degrees

5 years full time

Directions

Linguistics

Literary Criticism

Courses

Fundamentals of Philosophy

History of Philosophy

History of Russian Literature

Contemporary Russian Literature

Russian Folk Poetry

Introduction to Literary Criticism

History of Ancient Literature

History of Foreign Literature

Latin

Foreign Language (Russian)

Introduction to Linguistics

Modern Russian

Old Church Slavonic

Introduction to Slavonic Studies

Physical Training

History of Foreign Philosophy

History of Russian Philosophy

History of Russian Literature

Theory of Folklore

History of Foreign Literature

Ancient Greek

Foreign Language (Russian)

Modern Russian

Historical Russian Grammar

Russian Dialect Studies

In-depth Courses

Special Seminar (Survey)

A Choice of special courses for Students of Linguistics and Literary Criticism

Computer Class

History of Russian Literature

Literature of the Peoples of Russia

History of Foreign Literature

Foreign Language (Russian)

Modern Russian

History of Standard Russian

A Choice of courses for Students of Linguistics and Literary Criticism

Slavonic Languages/Literatures

Special Course

Special Seminar

Economics

Russian History

Studies in Politics

Russian Classics in the Context of World Literature

History of 20th century Russian Literature

Literature of the Peoples of Russia

History of Russian Literary Criticism and Critique

Theory of Literature/General Linguistics

History of Foreign Literature

Foreign Language (Russian)

Stylistics of Standard Russian

In-depth Courses

Special course

Special Seminar

Elective Courses

History of Russian Culture

Teaching Theory

Test Your Russian

Typology of Cultures

History of Contemporary Literary Criticism and Critique

History of Russian Culture

Russian Literature Written Abroad

Choice of Humanities and Natural Sciences

Master Degree

2 years full time

Directions

Linguistics

Literary Criticism

Courses

Russian Language

Phonetics

Lexis

Phonetics Analysis of Speech

Introduction to Linguistics

Stylistics

Real Russian

Morphology

Word Formation

Functional Russian Grammar

Methods of Teaching of Russian

Term Paper

Special Course

Special Seminar

Syntax

Teaching Practice

Russian Literature

Russian Literature of the Turn of 19th – 20th Centuries

20th Century Russian Literature

Introduction to Literary Criticism

Russian Literature in the Context of World the Literature

Real Russian

In-depth Study: a choice of courses for students of Literary Criticism

Special Course

19th Century Russian Literature

11th – 13th Centuries Russian Literature

20th Century Russian Literature

Theory of Literature

History of Russian Culture

Literature of the Peoples of Russia

In-depth study: a choice of courses for students of Literary Criticism “Russian Classical Masterpieces”

Special Course

Special Seminar

Russian Literature Written Abroad

In-depth study: a choice of courses for students of Literary Criticism “History of the Russian Novel”

Special Course “Russian Classics of Postmodernism”

PhD Degree

3 years full time, by correspondence – 4 years

Specialities

Russian Literature

Literature of Europe, America and Australia

Theory of Literature

Folklore Studies

Russian Language

Slavonic Languages

Germanic Languages

Romance Languages

Classical Philology

General Linguistics, Social Linguistics, Psycholinguistics

Comparative and Historical, Typological and Contrastive Linguistics, Theory of Translation

Structural, Applied and Mathematical Linguistics

Theory and Methods of Teaching Russian

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